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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months agoThey normally use parallax-seconds, i.e. parsecs, for long distance objects.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoI think you need to be more specific than ‘long distance’, yes they use parsecs for ‘long distances’ but I believe only for intra-galactic objects. I think other galaxies are too distant for parallax seconds to be useful.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoFair! Thanks for this bit of clarification
They normally use parallax-seconds, i.e. parsecs, for long distance objects.
I think you need to be more specific than ‘long distance’, yes they use parsecs for ‘long distances’ but I believe only for intra-galactic objects. I think other galaxies are too distant for parallax seconds to be useful.
Fair!
Thanks for this bit of clarification